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Name: LAERTES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/04/1949
Completed: 10/1949
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 112
Dimensions: 7664grt, 4533nrt, 9403dwt, 487.4 x 62.3 x 28.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, B&W type, 2SCSA, 8cyl (450 x 1200mm), 6800bhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1972: 357440)
History:
10/1949 Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maats 'Oceaan', Amsterdam
1972 China Mutual SN Co Ltd (Blue Funnel Line Ltd), Liverpool
1972 Renamed IDOMENEUS
1976 Gulf Shipping Line Ltd, Liverpool; renamed GULF VOYAGER
05/1978 Broken up
Comments: 08/05/1978: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking


Above photo as LAERTES copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as IDOMENEUS copyright of RA Priest

Above photo as GULF VOYAGER copyright of Chris Howell